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Johnny Worthen

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in Salt Lake City, The United States

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http://www.johnnyworthen.com

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Genre

Mystery, Young Adult, Horror

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Elmore Leonard, Tim Dorsey, Cormac McCarthy, Octavia Butler, Ernest He ...more

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Johnny Worthen is an award-winning, best-selling author of books and stories. A Utah Writer of the Year. Trained in modern literary criticism and cultural studies, he writes upmarket multi-genre fiction, symbolized by his love of tie-dye and good words. “I write what I like to read,” he says. “This guarantees me at least one fan.”

Johnny is best known (so far) for his award winning, nationally acclaimed, best-selling young adult novel, ELEANOR, THE UNSEEN. It is a great book and if you haven’t read it, you need to. Johnny’s debut novel, the adult occult thriller, BEATRYSEL along with its companion story DR. STUART’S HEART explores the darker sides of love and Magick.

CELESTE, THE UNSEEN BOOK 2, continues Eleanor’s story as she tries to mainta ...more

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	Eleanor (The Unseen, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 288 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Finger Trap 4.30 avg rating — 116 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Celeste (The Unseen, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	David (The Unseen, #3) 4.49 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Kings, Queens and Colonies 3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things Bequeathed (Damon Book 1) 4.60 avg rating — 52 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Immortal Hand 4.37 avg rating — 49 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beatrysel 4.58 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thicker Than Water: A Tony Flaner Mystery 4.32 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Wake of Captain Lord: A Tony Flaner Mystery 4.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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2025 Read Books

New record: 80 books on a goal of 50.

A stellar year for my literary input, if I must say so myself. Got into a couple of grooves. Really loved Craig Johnson's Longmire series. It got me through the worst of my after-surgery recovery. Walt and the gang are old friends to me now. Never underestimate the power of words to heal the body and soul.

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“She was invisible. Forgettable. Forgotten.”
― Johnny Worthen, Beatrysel

tags: demons, love, magick, rejection

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“The perplexity, the potential— God’s own crucible was not for angels.”
― Johnny Worthen, Beatrysel

tags: angels, crucible, demons, god, magick, occult

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“Do what you can, when you can.”
― Johnny Worthen, The Brand Demand

tags: activism

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